im planning to build my own rat rod after dreaming my whole life.
i need some help on where to start.
i want it to be reliable enough to be driven without having to fix it every other stop and i dont want it to be expensive to build.
i want it to go fast and be able to stop haha.

my personal thought would be to buy a 28-31 frame kit with solid front axle and front discs, find a model A body of some sort (needs to be hardtop cuz of my location), caddy 500, or a big block of some sort, 9 inch and some midrange gears.

help me please!
what would this cost!?